Can't you give me some benefits when I ask someone to do something?
Even if you are the emperor, you still have to give them some rewards.
Duke Cheng is a hereditary Duke and a high-ranking military official. He is not short of money.
It can only be something else.
People like him who are well-dressed and well-educated care more about spiritual honors and awards.
That’s what is called face!
After a while, a brand new red python robe was delivered to Zhu Xizhong.
In the Ming Dynasty, the python robe was a gift, that is, it could only be owned by the emperor as a reward and could not be worn casually. Generally, only princes, ministers and those whom the emperor trusted could wear it.
It is not an official uniform, but one of the four major uniforms of the Ming Dynasty. The other three are Qilin uniform, Feiyu uniform and Bullfighting uniform. Cifu has a more powerful status than ordinary official uniforms, and is regarded as the most trusted person around the emperor.
It is a grace.
TMD looks so much better than the yellow jacket!
Sure enough, Zhu Xizhong was amazed when he looked at the gorgeous python robe in front of him.
"Your Majesty... How dare you accept this great gift!"
"Get up!" Zhu Zaijing helped him up again, put the python robe into his hands personally, and patted his shoulder again.
"I said, you are one of our own! You and I don't have to be so polite. I just hope that you can assist me just like your ancestors assisted their ancestors!"
Zhu Neng could be said to be Zhu Di's right-hand man in the Battle of Jingnan, but it was a pity that he died early.
In order to commemorate his meritorious service, Zhu Di named him Duke Chengguo, which was hereditary.
Zhu Xizhong burst into tears immediately.
"I am willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty, even to the death!"
No wonder Zhu Xizhong seems to have never seen the world.
Emperor Jiajing was very harsh on his ministers and rarely rewarded them. So much so that Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, did not receive a python robe even after he had been the leader of the Jinyi Guards for five or six years.
Although the duke of the country also wears a python robe, this was given by the emperor himself!
It is fundamentally different from the python robes that the nobles all have.
How popular this news will be among nobles!
"Mr. Cheng Guo doesn't have to be like this."
"I still have some things for you to do!"
"Get Li Shizhen back to me!"
Zhu Zaijing, the current Taiyuan Hospital, also doesn't trust him. Only Li Shizhen can come back and take over the Taiyuan Hospital to reassure himself.
Li Shizhen served as an imperial physician during the Jiajing Dynasty.
In this way, the maids and eunuchs in the palace who are responsible for their daily lives, the palace guards, and the imperial hospital can all rest assured.
There is no way, these are places that can directly threaten Zhu Zaijing's life.
…
After sending Zhu Xizhong away, Zhu Zaijing began to think.
Tomorrow's court meeting will be the first court meeting after he ascended the throne.
This is the most important thing.
"Feng Bao!"
"Your Majesty!"
"I won't see anyone today, not even the cabinet ministers and the queen!"
"According to the order!"
After that, he sent someone to bring more than a dozen account books from the household department and studied them behind closed doors.
In fact, Zhu Zaijing knew what was going on without looking.
As we all know, Ming Dynasty died of poverty.
The emperor has no money, the court has no money, the people have no money, and the soldiers on the front line have no money.
All the money is in the hands of the clan and civil servant groups.
Sure enough, when I opened the account books of the Ministry of Households, I found that the population and land of the Ming Dynasty had not been updated for a hundred years!
And the land is getting less and less!
What about population? TM has not risen since the Yongle Dynasty!
This would take a thousand episodes to learn about science!
Seeing this, Zhu Zaijing had doubts.
Those are the court ministers, the smartest people in the country, haven’t they realized how serious the situation is?
Of course they understand!
They know everything!
However, few people are willing to make changes.
Because they are the beneficiaries of this system!
How could they cut off their own privileges and the livelihood security of their superiors?
They are even shameless and traitorous to protect their own interests!
Aren't those landlords, gentry, and officials who surrendered to Dorgon in large numbers just for their own wealth?
Are they not traitors?
In this world, my surname is Zhu or Li. What does my surname Aixinjueluo have to do with me? I am still a landlord and a gentry, and I am still a minister of the court.
So they colluded with Dorgon to sell Li Zicheng!
Because Li Zicheng wanted to knock them down, beat them with whips, squeeze them dry, and take away their money and the power of the common people.
What was the result?
You see, the hundreds of thousands of troops that Li Zicheng had just overthrown the Ming Dynasty still had fighting strength.
Wow all of a sudden!
If you say no, then you won’t!
…
Zhu Zaijing fell into deep thought.
One can imagine the great resistance to reform!
Is it possible that I want to imitate the braided dynasty and go on a killing spree?
Kill him first and give him a few million to suppress his shock?
That's right!
Reform is war!
Reform is the redistribution of resources and rights. One group comes to power and another group falls out.
War is also for this purpose.
Isn't America's Civil War a war between northern capitalists and southern slave owners, fighting for rights and resources?
Zhu Zaijing made up his mind that no matter how many people he killed, he would complete the reform.
If reform is bloodless, what is reform?
Reform is war!
You can't kill a hundred people, you can't kill a thousand people, you can't kill ten thousand people! One hundred thousand people!
Until a future path is found for Ming Dynasty.
Think about how much the future generations of children and grandchildren will suffer because of their backwardness.
Haven't the Chinese people suffered enough from foreigners?
Do we have to suffer it again in this time and space?
"I will never allow this to happen!"
"I don't have the ability to build aircraft or cannons. I only have a passionate heart and a determination to make a new choice for the Chinese nation!"
"No one can stop my reform, even if they are people from all over the world!"
Now they might not understand me.
But they will thank me in the future!
Even if, like Yongzheng, he offends people all over the world and is infamous behind his back, he still wants to let Ming Dynasty step into the door of the Age of Discovery.
Zhu Zaijing is now thirty years old.
I should exercise more and maintain my health, so as not to be hollowed out by women like in history. Judging from Jiajing's lifespan, I should be able to live to be sixty years old.
In thirty years, I dare to ask my natural enemies to change their colors!
enough!
Afterwards, Zhu Zaijing looked at the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue and had a general understanding of the national taxation and economic situation.
After that, he found dozens of pieces of paper and wrote down the problems he solved on the paper one by one.
"Tax system reform", "household registration system reform", "military reform", "imperial examination system reform", "clan system reform", "land annexation", "corruption", "eunuch troubles", "Jiangnan gentry".
These are all internal problems of Ming Dynasty.
On other pieces of paper, he wrote, "Mongolia", "Japanese pirates", "Ryukyu", "Korea", "Western Regions", "Nanyang", "Annan", "European colonists".
These are the problems faced by Ming Dynasty externally.
Among them, some areas need to be recovered, some areas need to be occupied, and some areas need to be domesticated.
In short, there cannot be a powerful country or political power around the Ming Dynasty!
After finishing writing, Zhu Zaijing posted them all next to his bed.
See these pieces of paper every morning when you wake up to remind yourself not to let your guard down.
After doing this, he then thought about what he would announce at tomorrow's court meeting.
In fact, Zhu Zaijing had discussed most of the contents with his cabinet ministers before holding the coronation ceremony.
Of course, Long Qing originally followed the wishes of these ministers.
I don't know how.
Just at this time, Feng Bao's voice came from outside the house.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Xu Ge came to ask for an audience and said that there was some imperial decree!"
really!
Zhu Zaijing snorted coldly. The cabinet now has the power to write imperial edicts on behalf of others.
The honest man Long Qing followed Xu Jie's wishes in almost everything.
In the early Ming Dynasty, imperial edicts were written by people from the Hanlin Academy, or by the emperor himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di wrote imperial edicts themselves, and occasionally asked the Hanlin Academy to help.
There are many vernacular words in Lao Zhu's imperial edict, and Zhu Di once called himself "I" in the imperial edict. These should be imperial edicts written by them themselves.
Later, the power of the cabinet became more and more powerful, and with the addition of Zhengde and Jiajing, they did not like to do it themselves, so the matter of writing the imperial edict fell into the hands of the cabinet.
It should change now.
Zhu Zaijing wanted to write the imperial edict himself.
And he will not be led by the boss Xu Jie.
"Let Mr. Xu Ge come in!"
Outside the door, Xu Jie, who had a white beard and held several imperial edicts, straightened up and walked in.
